An administrative law judge and the Arizona Water Quality Appeals Board recently validated the significant concerns of the mayor, town council, residents and landowners of Florence by rejecting a permit granted to foreign-owned Florence Copper Inc. by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

With controversy swirling around APS' proposal to get into the rooftop solar panel lease market, three Arizona Democratic Congressional representatives and one Texan ask the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look into marketing of long-term rooftop solar leases.

The House voted to allow TransCanada to build the Keystone XL pipeline, and the Senate is expected to follow suit Tuesday. But President Barack Obama may veto the bill, and TransCanada may decide the project's economics don't work given low crude oil prices.

A new report from the Center for Effective Government concludes that small business panels that review proposed regulations at EPA, OSHA and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau simply give big businesses another shot at weakening public protections.

A safe workplace cuts workers comp costs, but would it be believed that it's safer to work in the Palo Verde nuclear power generating facility than it is at a bank branch. The safety records say it's so.